Puget Sound Liberals Weekly Newsletter #149

Enhancing Freedom, Opportunity and Cooperation in Puget Sound and Beyond

Through informing and networking Liberals and Liberal Organizations.

 

Our vision is hundreds of thousands of well-informed Puget Sound Liberals working together.

 

   2800 members                                                               November 21, 2008                                                                                                                  

 

 

 

 

                                                     

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                        Table of Contents  *Featured Articles

 

About Puget Sound Liberals

Communication, Opportunities and Petitions

My Favorite Paradigms

 

Commentaries from Our Members

Greg Gille: The American Awakening

David Iles: On Bailing Out Bad Companies

Rich Austin: Requirements for Bailed Out Automakers

Dick Burkhart: Finances, Fossil Fuels, Economic Growth

Anson Laytner & Michael Denton: Protect Our Earth

Rick Hegdahl: Celebration Shouldn’t Focus on Fundraising

Jean Carlson: Carmakers Must Adapt

 

Liberals and Democrats Links to the Beef

Is America Liberal or Conservative?*

Republicans Can’t Recover Unless Democrats Fail

Obama Should Quickly Reverse Bush’s Executive Orders

Learn of Obama’s continuing campaign: Change.Gov

 

State and Local  Links to the Beef

Using Obama’s Approach to Reform Our Tax System*

Identify Yard Sign Locations to Help Our Candidates

Andrew Villeneuve: BIAW Opposes Democrats

 

Nation and World  Links to the Beef

Reclaiming Our American Dream*

Bailing Out Bad Financial Companies*

Substitute Affordable Housing for Foreclosure*

 

Our Liberal Spirit

How about Healthier Holidays? *

 

Recommended Books

 

 

 

 

Our Political Values

 

Our Political Priorities

 

·       Fair Clean Elections and Open Government

·       Fair Taxes and Competent Spending

·       Investment for Productivity

·       Quality Health, Education, Jobs, Income

·       Environmental Protection and Energy Independence

·       Security and Equal Rights

·       Justice and Peace Everywhere

·       International Cooperation and Leadership

 

Conservatives oppose all of these

 

     Let’s End Our National Nightmare

 

         Let’s Restore Our American Dream

Obama’s continuing campaign: Change.Gov

 

 

More on Conservative opposition to our American Dream

 

Washington State’s 4 Major Needs

Federal Funding for Health and Education

·       A Progressive Income Tax

·       Public Campaign Financing

·       Replacing Republican Legislators

 

Quote of the Week

Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.  John Henry Jowett (1864-1923)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calendar of Events                           

 

King County Democrats - LD Meetings            Some 2008 Legislature Lobby Days

 

Thurston County Progressive Net                  Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation

 

Alliance for Democracy                                Democratic Underground.Com                           

 

Sierra Club Cascade Chapter Calendar           Cool State Washington

       

Washington Public Campaigns Calendar          Town Hall Seattle Calendar

 

Washington State Labor Council                    Whatcom County Peace and Justice Calendar 

 

Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice – Friday Night Movies      Liberal films on PBS

Conversation Cafe      Drinking Liberally          Seattle NOW          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Calendar of Events

Tuesday, December 2 at 8 PM at Comedy Underground (109 South Washington Street, Seattle) – Fund Raiser for NARAL Pro-Choice Washington.  $12.  For More.

Thursday, December 4 at 6:30 PM at Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Seattle on the 4th floor) – Washington Toxics Coalition Holiday Party.  RSVP.  For more.

 

Communication, Opportunities and Petitions

 

Communication with Our Members and Feedback

 

Some of My Favorite Paradigms Are:

1. Our human condition is that we dream (form visions) and suffer pain that our dreams are not realized, require a struggle to realize, and any realization is temporary.  We may classify our responses into four categories:

1.   Trying to Be GOD, believing that by working hard enough and smart enough, we can realize our dreams.

2.   Trying to Be Less than Human, believing that we are victims, who can’t realize our dreams and thus should avoid dreaming.

3.   Trying to Distinguish which Dreams We can Realize and which We Can’t, never committing to our dreams enough to persevere.

4.   Recognizing that Realizing our Dreams Will Be Limited, trying to realize our dreams and to recover from either success or failure.

 

2. Our best plans consist of:

1.   Comprehensive Dreams

2.   Identified Obstacles to the realization of our dreams

3.   Creative Strategies to overcome our obstacles

4.   Defined Tactics (consisting of the what, when, who and how of actions), Organized into projects, and Implemented by project teams with timelined and budgeted assignments.

 

3. Our Liberal Values

As Liberals, we believe:

1.   All Americans should have the same freedoms and opportunities.

2.   We are each responsible for protecting the freedoms and opportunities of all Americans.

3.   We and our government should be competent and compassionate, using our freedoms and opportunities wisely and helping those with fewer freedoms and opportunities than the rest of us.

4.   Our United States should be a cooperative member of our world's community of nations.

 

America is traditionally liberal.  Most Americans at least give lip service to these Liberal values.  Many Americans have reacted to Conservative demonization of the term, ‘Liberal’ by calling themselves ‘Moderate’.  Examination of their values shows that Moderates are Liberal.  Mainstream America is Liberal.  We believe in freedom, opportunity, equality, responsibility, competence, compassion, and cooperation.

 

4. Our Political Priorities

 

·       Fair Clean Elections and Open Government

·       Fair Taxes and Competent Spending